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I have been leaning toward the oil finish. What I have been wondering is should i use straight tung oil or a mixture. IF a mixture, what is that mixture? what are the different parts of the mixture and how much of each part. And also how to apply it

I have to say oil/varnish. I like tru-oil, it is fairly hard, can have a glossy (fast finger rub) or a satin luster, and is also easily repaired. This type of finish in my opinion lets the wood "breath" and you will have a more vintage tone in less time. Look at all the old basses that most people adore, the laquer finish has broken or been worn away and the wood was allowed to really affect the tone of the instrument.
I only finish in oil for my basses, it looks good, light scratches and scuffs are easily fixed, and sounds great.http://boydbasses.com

You can get tru-oil from either stewmac.com or luthiers mercantile. It was originally flormulated to be used on the gunstocks of hunters (to withstand the rigors of humidity and the roughness of carrying the guns thru the wilderness). I works fantastically as an instrument finish and is recommended by top luthiers. It also works well as a fretless fingerboard finish. Forget the hardener they recommend to go with it, it is hard enough. Only three or four coats needed, with 8 hours or so between oiling and you are ready to go, just remember to use finer grit as you sand between coats. I recommend micromesh and as a final buff, light (very light) buffing with 0000 fine steel wool and then a buffing with lambs wool.

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I started this whole project from scratch. It was a lot easier than i thought. I have not encountered many problems. I think the major problem i encountered was a material that i used to create the black line between the birdseye and mohagany core.

Other than that it is pretty simple. I havenot had any experience with wood working but i do have a friend that worked under Greg Curbow that is showing me how to do this building thing. He tells me what i should do and i do it. That is pretty much it. I came up with the design or i should say i dirived my design from another and went from there.

I just hope i can get the neck joint working ok.
Anyone got any pointers on this. It is a single cutaway and the neck is attaching all the way to the 14 fret. Well the body is coming in at the 14 fret. I plan on using 3 bolts on the upper bout side of the body and 2 bolts on the cutaway side.

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I dont have a regular neck cut out on the body.
It is not like a fender neck pocket. It is more like how Curbow does his neck pocket on the single pickup model of his. The pocket is cutaway fine to access the upper frets. I will take a pic of the pocket so you can see what i am talking about.